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  • At what level has standards-based education reform initiatives influenced Oregon high school history instruction and classroom practices?

    Creator:
    Lowe, Eric V.
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    The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate Oregon public high school history teacher perspectives concerning standards-based reform initiatives springing from the No Child Left Behind legislation. The central question addressed in this study is: At what level has Standards-Based Education reform initiatives impacted Oregon high school history instruction and...
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    Influenced Oregon High School History Instruction and Classroom Practices? Abstract approved: Rick

  • Rate of student participation in college student ratings of instruction

    Creator:
    Frost, Jacquelyn Lee
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    This study was conducted to develop a statistical model of the influence of course characteristics on student ratings of instruction. Unique to this study was the inclusion of the student participation rate as a variable. Other course characteristics studied were: expected grade, attendance, grade point average, sex of students, reason...
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    of Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction presented on April 26. 1993. Title: Rate of

  • Evaluating the Efficacy of Online Field-Based Courses: Methodological Insights

    Creator:
    Gibson, Yvette
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    Oregon State University (OSU) is a leader in delivering online education, including several natural science field-based programs and dozens of courses with field-based aspects. Natural science field-based learning teaches students to observe, analyze, and outline management actions for broad and complex land areas and natural resources issues. To effectively do...
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    working field professionals to examine and discuss issues and management actions (SERC 2016, Edge

  • Pacing online learning : the impact of video segmentation and active learning on conceptual understanding in STEM

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    Dalton, Lauren, Jager, Katie, Rose, Jeremy M., and Smyth, Johanna Caitlin
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    Many online learning environments use prerecorded video lectures as a primary mode for disseminating learning content. Despite the commonality of this lecture-based video format, it is not clear to what degree video length and the incorporation of active learning elements influence learner success. We investigated the efficacy of segmenting pre-recorded...
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    create engagement opportunities with faculty and students within the classroom (Riggs and Linder, 2016

  • Impacting the Inclusivity Mindset of Online Computer Science Students

    Creator:
    Letaw, Lara and Garcia, Heather
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    While online Computer Science (CS) degree programs can attract diverse students, many students still feel excluded in the online CS classroom. One reason students feel excluded is because their gender is underrepresented among their classmates. At Oregon State University, only 27% of online CS students are women. This is better...
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    information before taking an action in software while men are more likely to tinker (Burnett et al., 2016)1

  • The Online Learning Community: Friend or Faux?

    Creator:
    Nolan, Mary and Kellar, Brenda
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    Everyone involved in online education talks about community – what is it, how is it created, do students really want it? Most researchers now agree that online education is enhanced through a greater sense of community within the online classroom; however, the factors that make for a substantive and quality...
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    interaction between instructional design, facilitation and instruction, and is well understood as a critical

  • Modeling Online Learning Performance with Biometrics: Current Study and Future Directions

    Creator:
    Sun, Yuzhi and Nembhard, David A.
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    As the number of students and faculty involved in online learning in recent decades has increased, we recognize that there is a limited understanding of how learners react, interact, behave, and are served by the various components in the information delivery processes. When learning online without an instructor present in...
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    . However, we recognize that current instruction is based on limited understandings of how learners react

  • Principles and practices in online writing instruction

    Creator:
    Cole, Gail
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    This thesis explores the administrative issues that factor into the teaching of writing online. I explore these issues by situating the Conference on College Composition and Communication Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Best Practices for Online Writing Instruction at the center of this project by both examining and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Online Writing Instruction Abstract approved

  • Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Susan E. Maier
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    In twentieth century America, women continue the age-old struggle for recognition as whole, intelligent individuals, not just an "other," less hearty, less deserving or less capable being than man. Sarah Grimke spoke of the inequalities over 150 years ago during the abolitionist movement when she compiled her major arguments into...
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    Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of English, English, and Curriculum & Instruction presented on May

  • Online language teaching research : pedagogical, academic and institutional issues

    Creator:
    Sanz-Sánchez, Israel, Rivera-Mills, Susana V., and Morin, Regina
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    With the growth of Internet technologies, online-based foreign language curricula are being introduced at large numbers of institutions internationally. This peer-reviewed volume, geared towards a broad audience, presents innovative research on online language teaching, with chapters by highly engaged scholars and practitioners from the U.S. and Europe, with a strong...
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    . Second-language (L2) instruction has not lagged too far behind this general educational trend, with